Top Hat Monocle Closes $8M to Bring Gamification to University Classrooms
Yesterday we wrote about Coursemodo, a new platform that helps teachers engage students in the classroom through polls, quizzes…
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Retention Science Launches With $1.3M to Help Companies Retain Customers
Santa Monica, CA-based retention marketing startup Retention Science launched its big data platform to the public today, along…
With $6M in Funding, Twist’s App Launches to Tell People When You’ll Arrive
Twist, a new iOS app from co-founders Bill Lee and Mike Belshe, is hoping to help give back some of people’s time by…
Autodesk Acquires Socialcam for $60M to Add to Media Creation Tools
Today 3D design, engineering and entertainment software company Autodesk signed a definitive agreement to acquire mobile…
Workplace Management Tool Teamly Grabs Funding from Yammer Founding Team Member
Today startup Teamly, a SaaS workplace performance management tool, announced it has raised funding from angel investors including…
Instafocus Puts the Spotlight on Instagram Standouts
Instagram may have a section to highlight popular pics, but that’s not doing enough to help the best content on the mobile…
Hubba Takes a Big Data Approach to Product Management for Brands, Retailers
Big data analytics can help companies understand everything from their inventory needs to customer spending patterns, all with…
Shareaholic Adds $3M for Content Sharing and Discovery Network
Content discovery and sharing tool Shareaholic announced today that it has closed an oversubscribed round of Series A funding,…
Shelby.tv Shuts Down, Promises to Return Bigger and Better
Social video sharing service Shelby.tv today announced via blog post that it would be closing down its service over the weekend.…
LevelUp Drops Merchant Fees, Eyes Bigger Businesses and Partner Opportunities
LevelUp, the mobile payments solution from the team behind SCVNGR, today announced that they are dropping all transaction fees…
Fred Wilson-Backed Address Book Replacement Brewster Makes Its Public Debut
On the iPhone, Apple has done little to bring much innovation to its contact management solution. Contacts.app does provide…
FullContact Raises $7M to Bring Contact Management APIs to Business Users
Denver, CO-based FullContact announced today that it has raised $7 million in Series B funding for its cloud-based contact…
FuzeBox Grabs $20M for Online Meetings Tool That Counted Steve Jobs As a User
FuzeBox, the online meetings company that found favor with Steve Jobs, among many other influential figures in tech and business,…
Twitpic Founder Launches Helpmint to Simplify Customer Service
This week Twitpic founder Noah Everett launched his new startup, Charleston, SC-based Helpmint, to create simple conversation…
Product Recommendation Engine Sortable Acquired By Rebellion Media
Sortable, described by its founders as the “Google of product search,” announced today that it has been acquired…